One of the primary objectives of a teknival is to encourage individual and group autonomy, as well as more awareness of our impact on the world. At the core of this, is the issue of human beings and the shit that they produce.

Port-o-potties would be a major expense which would reduce the ability to have a free festival. They are also wasteful (using lots of water and chemicals) and are unnecessary in an area that can withstand the impact of a week long festival, as long as people are practicing conscious shitting skills. learning how to shit in the woods will teach you a lot about how we can have a much more positive relationship to the other living things around us.

The below excerpt is taken from Mutantfest.org,
who took it from the Mini Rainbow Handbook
found on www.welcomehome.org:

If you gotta go, go to a latrine. Never take a dump on top of the ground and walk off and leave it. The first fly who sees it will go tell all the others in the nearest kitchen.

Deep narrow trenches at least 3 feet deep are best. Keep the excavated soil in a neat pile for fill-in later. Cut out sod, and preserve it for replacement over the filled hole.

Lime - or ashes from a wood fire - should be kept nearby, to be sprinkled on top of your leavings to reduce odor. Dirt is then shoveled back in on top gradually, to keep your waste covered completely.

The pit is filled in all the way when the contents come up to within 18 inches of the surrounding ground level, and a new pit is dug nearby.

Ideally, hand washing facilities with chlorinated water are provided nearby. Large coffee cans or other rainproof covers are provided for toilet paper.

Signs should be placed on the trails nearest by, and colored tape marks the path to a latrine.

Improper latrines are a potential link between us and a very sick camp. If you dig a shitter, cover it up in a fly-tight manner, using plywood, boards, or logs covered with soil - to fill the air (fly) holes between the cover and the earth.

Latrines are at least 100 feet from open water, and never uphill from a spring.

Don't make the fly connection:
shit —> flies —> food —> YOU